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<h1 class="epydoc">Module admin</h1><span class="codelink"><a href="web2py.gluon.admin-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span><br /><br />
This file is part of the web2py Web Framework Copyrighted by Massimo 
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  <h1 class="heading">Utility functions for the Admin application</h1><br /><br />

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      Installs an application:

- Identifies file type by filename
- Writes `fobj` contents to the `../deposit/` folder
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Builds a path inside an application folder

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path:
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r:
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Builds a w2p package for the application

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app:
    application name
request:
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filename:
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Builds a w2p bytecode-compiled package for the application

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app:
    application name
request:
    the global request object

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filename:
    filename of the w2p file or None on error

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Removes session, cache and error files

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app:
    application name
request:
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Compiles the application

Parameters
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app:
    application name
request:
    the global request object

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Create a copy of welcome.w2p (scaffolding) app

Parameters
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app:
    application name
request:
    the global request object

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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">app_install</span>(<span class="sig-arg">app</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">fobj</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">request</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">filename</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">overwrite</span>=<span class="sig-default">1</span>)</span>
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Installs an application:

- Identifies file type by filename
- Writes `fobj` contents to the `../deposit/` folder
- Calls `w2p_unpack()` to do the job.

Parameters
----------
app:
    new application name
fobj:
    file object containing the application to be installed
request:
    the global request object
filename:
    original filename of the `fobj`, required to determine extension

Returns
-------
upname:
    name of the file where app is temporarily stored or `None` on failure

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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">app_uninstall</span>(<span class="sig-arg">app</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">request</span>)</span>
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Uninstalls the application.

Parameters
----------
app:
    application name
request:
    the global request object

Returns
-------
`True` on success, `False` on failure

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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">plugin_pack</span>(<span class="sig-arg">app</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">plugin_name</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">request</span>)</span>
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Builds a w2p package for the application

Parameters
----------
app:
    application name
plugin_name:
    the name of the plugin without plugin_ prefix
request:
    the current request app

Returns
-------
filename:
    filename of the w2p file or None on error

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        <span class="sig-arg">fobj</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">request</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">filename</span>)</span>
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Installs an application:

- Identifies file type by filename
- Writes `fobj` contents to the `../deposit/` folder
- Calls `w2p_unpack()` to do the job.

Parameters
----------
app:
    new application name
fobj:
    file object containing the application to be installed
request:
    the global request object
filename:
    original filename of the `fobj`, required to determine extension

Returns
-------
upname:
    name of the file where app is temporarily stored or `None` on failure

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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">check_new_version</span>(<span class="sig-arg">myversion</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">version_URL</span>)</span>
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Compares current web2py's version with the latest stable web2py version.

Parameters
----------
myversion:
    the current version as stored in file `web2py/VERSION`
version_URL:
    the URL that contains the version of the latest stable release

Returns
-------
state:
    `True` if upgrade available, `False` if current version if up-to-date,
    -1 on error
version:
    the most up-to-version available

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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">upgrade</span>(<span class="sig-arg">request</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">url</span>=<span class="sig-default"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://web2py.com</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></span>)</span>
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Upgrades web2py (src, osx, win) is a new version is posted.
It detects whether src, osx or win is running and downloads the right one

Parameters
----------
request:
    the current request object, required to determine version and path
url:
    the incomplete url where to locate the latest web2py
    actual url is url+'/examples/static/web2py_(src|osx|win).zip'

Returns
-------
    True on success, False on failure (network problem or old version)

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